Kanji N1

丁: street, ward, town

丁 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning street, ward, town, written with 2 strokes. It is read チョウ, テイ, チン (on) and ひのと (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 丁寧 (ていねい, polite) and 丁度 (ちょうど, exactly).

丁

Meanings

  • street
  • ward
  • town
  • counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something
  • even number
  • 4th calendar sign
Strokes2
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#1312 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • チョウ
  • テイ
  • チン
  • トウ
  • チ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ひのと

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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120 / 2

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Common words with 丁

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 丁寧ていねい

    polite; courteous; civil

    JLPT N4
  • 丁度ちょうど

    exactly; precisely; just; right; opportunely

    JLPT N5
  • 丁目ちょうめ

    nth district of a town; nth city block

    JLPT N1
  • 庖丁ほうちょう

    kitchen knife

    JLPT N2
  • 丁々とうとう

    with a chopping sound (of an axe)

    JLPT N1
  • 装丁そうてい

    binding (of a book)

  • 丁重ていちょう

    polite; courteous; hospitable; respectful

  • 一丁いっちょう

    one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style)

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.